Synonyms of nationalism

nationalism

noun

ˈna-sh(ə-)nə-ˌli-zəm 

1

as in patriotism

excessive favoritism towards one's own country

Nazism's almost epic nationalism appealed to downtrodden Germans still suffering the humiliation of being defeated in World War I

Synonyms & Similar Words

• patriotism
• chauvinism
• jingoism
• loyalty
• superpatriotism
• xenophobia
• nativism

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cosmopolitanism
• internationalism
• globalism

2

as in devotion

love and support for one's country

American nationalism is often most visible during Fourth of July celebrations

Synonyms & Similar Words

• patriotism
• devotion
• chauvinism
• jingoism
• allegiance
• loyalty
• passion
• faithfulness
• fealty
• steadfastness
• fervency
• constancy
• staunchness
• fervidness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• treason
• desertion
• treachery
• disaffection
• disloyalty
• faithlessness
• fickleness
• falseness
• inconstancy
• unfaithfulness
• perfidiousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nationalism

Many Germans had believed their country had developed an immunity to nationalism and assertions of racial superiority after confronting the horrors of its Nazi past through education and laws to outlaw persecution. — Kirsten Grieshaber, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2026

In some ways, the rise of the AfD points to a clash of the different visions of German identity and nationalism in the former East and West. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026

Ascherson’s writing about those inheritances offers insights into our own Trumpian, post-Brexit world of rising demagoguery and angry nationalism. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026

How to critique technological solutionism without embracing rural idealization and nostalgia of the kind entangled with nationalism and völkisch thought? — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026